Hidden in Friday's boxes

The Padres beat the Giants to close within two games of the N.L. West lead with two games left. Barry Zito pitches for San Francisco today. Zito is 3-7 against the Padres for his career and is 1-7 with a 6.50 ERA over his past 10 games.

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Bobby Abreu hit his 41st double, his most since 2006.

Michael Kohn lowered his ERA to 2.11 and has not given up a home run in his first 21 1/3 innings.

Ex-Dodger Chan Ho Park, now a reliever for Pittsburgh, got his 124th victory. That made him the top Asian-born winner in major league history, passing Hideo Nomo.

Brennan Boesch of the Tigers had a .348 average on June 17. His average is .253 now.

Florida's Logan Morrison has seven triples in 60 games.

Citi Field, the Mets' new ballpark, has been open for 160 games and has seen only 236 home runs.

The Indians have a season-high winning streak of seven.

The Cubs' Casey Coleman, the son of ex-Angel bullpen coach Joe Coleman, beat Houston Friday and is 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his past three starts.

Chris Tillman (Fountain Valley) gave Detroit only three hits in his seven innings Friday.

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